Chocolate waffles

Happy Valentine's Day weekend! We are facing a freezing cold one but I'm looking forward to the extended weekend with my family. We're still celebrating Chinese New Year, and I'm eagerly anticipating copious amounts of chocolate consumption on Sunday (though we've had quite a head start on that all month).

The only snag in my plans is my little guy is under the weather. Knock on wood, he usually manages to bounce back quickly so I'm keeping an eye on him and hoping he's back to his usual rambunctious self very soon.While the little guy is resting for the night, let's talk about Valentine's Day one more time. I really take it as an excuse to make all kinds of chocolate treats. And with my new waffle maker, I just had to make some chocolate waffles.

You can call it breakfast or dessert - enjoy it as it is, top it with fresh whipped cream and berries, or with a scoop or two of ice cream (my husband and I managed to do all that already). I'm leaning towards dessert on this one but if ever there's a day for something chocolaty for breakfast, it must be Valentine's Day.

These chocolate waffles are made with whole wheat as well as all-purpose flour, dark Dutch-processed cocoa powder, and a touch of instant espresso powder. To make them as chocolaty as possible, there are mini chocolate chips in the batter. You can't go wrong with that, can you? These waffles are not very sweet and I'd say the taste is almost like a cakey brownie, with a crisp edge and a soft, dark cocoa-flavored interior. I was very happy with how they turned out.

My little one wasn't well enough to enjoy one of these waffles with us yet but I've got his share stashed in the freezer for when he's all better. Hopefully, we'll all be healthy and enjoying all the chocolaty goodness of Valentine's Day on Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend!Can we just take a minute to enjoy the sight of this delicious chocolate waffle batter...

These chocolate waffles are buttermilk waffles and sweetened with brown sugar. I divided the recipe in half to make 4 Belgian style waffles in my waffle maker. Believe it or not, I actually increased the amount of oil in the batter (using 3 tablespoons instead of 2 for my batch of four) since I thought we could afford to be a bit more generous and I wanted my waffles to be crisp.

I spread the glorious chocolate batter around the waffle plates and this is how they look a few minutes later:

I was a happy woman! And my hubby was very happy to share this as dessert with me.

I hope you have a very sweet Valentine's Day with your loved ones. Let it be filled with all the delicious and happy things you enjoy!

* Before I go, a word on Valentine's Day ambitions...I've been pretty busy making chocolate treats this month. Aside from the goodies I've posted, there has also been a batch of chocolate gelato (which my husband and I love to use for affogato).

And then there was an attempt at some pink Valentine's Day macarons. That did not go so well! The macarons pictured below were the best of the batch. It was a total fail - cracked tops and no feet! It was some consolation that my heart-shaped ones (I only attempted a few of those) did not crack, ironically. I am vowing to buy a good sturdy clip-on candy thermometer because tilting the pan was a disaster in making the sugar syrup for this batch of macarons using the Italian method (I must have been lucky last time). On a redeeming note, they still tasted great and we ate the whole batch so nothing was wasted.

38 comments:

Oh no, hope your lil guy feels better soon :( These waffles look incredible, Monica! Chocolate sounds like the perfect way to start the weekend and I love those adorable macarons you made :) Hope you all stay warm and have a great weekend and Valentine's Day!

Monica hope your little guy feels better soon :) These chocolate waffles look so indulgent and perfect for Valentines day breakfast! Thinking of making these for hubby! And those macarons - Girl are you kidding?! Your's look stunning, you should have seen mine!!

Thank you so much, Ami. He is all better! What a relief.These waffles look so dark and indulgent but really not very sweet or heavy at all. As for those macarons, believe me...I'm hiding behind that instagram filter in this case...they were cracked and missing their feet...but thank goodness, still tasty..because I hate to waste!

Hope your little man is feeling better already! Mum's having such a delicious treat for him:-)I have never made a waffle from scratch...can you believe it? Love them and am going to get a waffle maker soon using this recipe for inspiration.

Thank you - he bounced right back by Saturday morning and yesterday, I warmed the leftover waffles and topped them with ice cream and a little hot fudge sauce. The little guy loved it...I think the chocolate sauce deserved a lot of credit but these waffles were fun and really tasty. : )

Oh my word - these look amazing! I bet they are so tasty. I love that you served them with berries and I love the look of your waffle maker - I will have to check it out. Hope you enjoyed your day with extended family celebrating Valentine's Day and Chinese Year too - what fun! Hope your son is better too. We had the single digit temperatures last night with snow starting just a few minutes ago. Going to be an ugly day tomorrow. Thanks for this great recipe!

Thanks, Tricia. It's snowing today and then temps actually go up and rain is coming tomorrow. This weather has been topsy turvy. The little one is all well and we had these waffles with ice cream and hot fudge yesterday. Oh my...I was popular! ; )

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